PEG daily maintenance?

[lisa g]

TFB, glad to hear that you're on the mend. Like you I was resistant to the idea of a peg but am glad I did it when I did, especially now that it's my only option for nutrition. Did they discuss the possibility of replacing it with a Mic-key button once everything heals? It's a game changer.

 

[TFB]

It's been two months since my PEG placement and I'm still only flushing it with water 1-2 times a day and changing the little split gauze pad under the four-leafed clover thingy that sits on the stoma. Still eating, drinking, and taking meds by mouth. I go to clinic in two days and I'm going to ask when I will need to replace it and if I can get the mic-key button type. My tube is getting a little stained from stomach contents that back up into it and sit there until I flush it out. I had five weekly home health nurse visits to check the healing process which was about two too many.